Karnataka regulator forces cancellation of Bengaluru "peptide party"
Organisers at Upsurge Labs say the event planned a five-item tasting menu of commercially available oral peptides with doctors speaking on clinical use.
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By Daniel Okafor · Regulatory Correspondent
Sep 26 21:30 ETSource: Livemint
The wire
- 01About 50 people were expected at a Bengaluru event marketed as "India's first peptide party" in August; after criticism from doctors on X, Karnataka's food and drug regulator sought details and the event was cancelled.
- 02Mint reports injectable peptides labelled "for research use only" are sold openly on Indian platforms with claims covering anti-ageing, weight loss, gut repair and hair and skin rejuvenation, a supply channel operators and clinicians increasingly encounter.
- 03The state regulator did not respond to Mint's request for details, so it is unclear whether any enforcement follows; the report ties the trend to US biohacking circles and backing from health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
From the source
Read at livemint.comThe peptide party got cancelled. The grey market didn’t
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